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Aleksandar Vulovic, director of the lottery, said it was mere coincidence. "Not a single mechanism that could be used to influence the result," b92 News reported him as saying. "Instead of typing in the number 27, he entered 21. At that point, I guess after realising what he did, the man entered the number 27. In other words, the number of the ball that had been drawn. "Now it was a coincidence, I say, under some laws of probability, there was the possibility that the ball 21 would be drawn, and it was. "If you ask me, there's nothing strange there as far as I'm concerned." The draw was completely in accordance with the rules and the company abides by the law," the state lottery said in a statement.

"We are eager to begin what we hope is a long-term, successful relationship with the Croatian Lottery," said Michael Chambrello CEO, North America Lottery, for IGT. "We will focus on maximizing their profitability, generating incremental funds which will help support good causes. We will also support the Lottery's growing business by introducing a more diverse product mix specific to the demands of the Croatian marketplace and their players. The Croatian Lottery has much potential for growth and the Company is excited to play a big role in their expanding business over the next two years and beyond "The Croatian Lottery is excited to partner with one of the largest lottery technology providers in the world," said Danijel Feri, Chairman of the Board, Hrvatska Lutrija. "We are confident that IGT will help our Lottery to see a continued increase in instant-ticket sales year-over-year. Their reputation for providing superior products and services, along with integrated marketing solutions for instant-ticket customers, makes us very enthusiastic to begin working with them as our sole provider of instant-ticket services."

"The result for the quarter increased slightly, but we still feel a strong concern about the market's uncontrolled development. We call for swift and concrete measures from both politicians and authorities to ensure that the Swedish gaming market is healthy and safe, "says Lennart Käll, CEO Svenska Spel.

“We are extremely pleased at the prospect of working with Loteria de Catalunya”, said Miriam Lindhorst, CEO of NOVOMATIC Lottery Solutions. “In this full facilities management contract we are excited about helping Loteria de Catalunya to increase sales to a level more appropriate to the stature of the region’s local economy. Through the deployment of modern technology and up to date solutions we are convinced we will make a significant difference to the good causes supported by Loteria de Catalunya. We look forward to a long and mutually successful partnership.”

The date of 1 July 2015 will go down in the history of Totalizator Sportowy as an exceptional day. It was the day when the President of the Republic of Poland, Bronis?aw Komorowski awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta to Wojciech Szpil, the CEO of Totalizator Sportowy for outstanding merits in the field of supporting development of culture and popularization of the Polish art. This is one of the highest Orders in Poland, awarded to Wojciech Szpil shows that his long-term activities aimed at promoting and supporting culture and the art, has gained a great recognition. Wojciech Szpil when asked to make a comment after the ceremony of awarding the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, said: It is for me a really great moment. Such an honor for my humble person, I perceive as a recognition for the efforts of the entire Totalizator Sportowy, that with every year is more and more involved in activities in the field of promoting and supporting culture. I would also like to thank our players, because it is thanks to their money we can support so effectively this extremely important area of social life.